Allah says:
Do people think that they will be left because they say: "We
believe," and will not be tested (it is not so, they surely will
be tested). And We indeed tested those who were before them but
whose belief is stronger and firmer, his trial will also be
strict. (Surah Al-Ankabut)

As it is
necessary to make known the pure belief and faith of a momin
(believer) and hypocrisy therefore it has been a divine practice
to test truthfulness and falsehood of claim of belief on the
touchstone of trial. Prophets (peace be on them) were tested.
Take example of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be on him). The most
difficult stage of his trial was to render sacrifice of his
dearest son. In dream, he was ordered to slaughter his son
Prophet Ismail (peace be on him) and obeying it the son without
presenting any excuse and explanation paved the way. Therefore
Allah says:

And when he
became capable of working with him, Ibrahim said, “O my son, I
dreamt that I am sacrificing you - therefore now consider what
is your opinion”; he said, “O my father! Do what you are
commanded! Allah willing, you will soon find me patiently
enduring!” Then when they both submitted to Allah’s command, and
Ibrahim lay his son facing downwards. And We called out to him,
“O Ibrahim! You have indeed made the dream come true”; and this
is how We reward the virtuous. Indeed this was a clear test. And
We rescued him in exchange of fadaynahu be-zibhin azeem. And We
kept his praise among the latter generations. Peace be upon
Ibrahim! This is how We reward the virtuous. He is indeed one of
Our high ranking, firmly believing bondmen. (Surah As-Saffaat 102-111)

Poet of the
East Allama Iqbal had said for this occasion:

Ghareeb o Sada o rangeen hai dastan-e-haram

Nehayat is ki Hussain ibtada hai Ismail

It is a fact
that neither human being has achieved any power more than belief
and faith nor will ever get. Unshaking ilm-ul yaqeen, ayn ul
yaqeen and haq ul yaqeen on Allah give shore to a drowning boat
and shows miracle of changing fire of Nimrod into garden.
Muharramul Haram is the chain of same sacrifice; many memories
are linked with its advent; the scene of spiritual majalis and
jaloos of azadaran of the grandson of prophet (peace be on him
and his holy progeny) Shahzada-e-Konayn Hazrat Imam Hussain
(peace be on him) comes in front of our eyes and the
faith-enlightening climate of sacrificing mortal world in the
path of loyalty covers everything; and feeling of sacrifice
grows when a sacred personality along with his 72 near and dear
ones presents himself for sacrifice in the scorching desert of
Karbala knowing that the Personality for Whom this sacrifice is
being rendered He definitely will give exaltation and success.

Jaez naheen andesha e jaan ishq main aye dil

Hoshyar keh yeh maslak tasleem o raza hai

Hussain Ibne
Ali ibne Abi Talib (peace be on them) is the greatest figure of
that great Khanwada (family) that the entire universe is under
obligation to it; that grants humanity its true meanings;
everything of universe obeys in front of its excellence; angels
do prostrate on its door and ask their permission to enter.
These personalities are cause of creation of the world; they are
place of manifestation of majesty and beauty of divine virtues;
refuge and asylum of the world of humanity about whom a saying
of Allah goes: I have not created the ample sky, wide earth,
bright sun and moon, shiny stars, flowing rivers and floating
boats save in love for Ahli Bayt.”

Whose love and devotion is termed a wages
of Risalat in accordance with this divine order:

Qol la as-alokum alayhi ajran il-lal
mawaddah fil qurbaa.

A son of this
greatest khanwada on putting his foot on the face of this earth
world becomes a cause of pride for the universe. Hussain ibne
Ali (peace be on them) who is loyal, sacrificing, pious,
tolerant, thankful and firm in Allah’s way and who is a role
model for the world of humanity.

Insaniyat kay naam pay kya kar gaye Hussain

Tareekh kay buland khayalon say pooch lo

About him a saying of Prophet (peace be on
him and his holy progeny) goes:

حسين مني و انا منه احب الله من احب
حسينا

Hussain is from me and I am from
Hussain. O Allah befriend him who befriends him. (Tabqaat Ibne Saad)

He further said:

من احب الحسن والحسين فقد احبني و من
ابغضهما فقد ابغضني

He who keeps friend to Hasan and
Hussainhe keeps friend to me and their enemy is my
enemy. (Tabqaat Ibne Saad)

This revered
personality was brutally martyred along with his 72 faithful
companions in the burning desert of Karbala and thus not only
the sanctity of Muharram ul Haram was trampled rather the
dignity of Khanwada e Rasool (peace be on him and his holy
progeny) and Aal-i-Rasool (peace be on him and his holy progeny)
was not honored but Baatil (falsehood) had no power to bend them

Jhukana chaha tha jis sar ko sham walon nay

Shikast yeh hai keh oss sar ko khud utha kay
chalay

Imam Hussain
(peace be on him) is that Shaheed-i-Azam whose objective of
shahadat (martyrdom) is that a human being wisdom-, sagacity-
and knowledge –bearer renders sacrifice of his life with his
full consent in the path of Allah

رضا بقضائه و تسليما لأمره

At the time of
departing Medinah Monawwara, Imam Hussain (peace be on him)
wrote down his will and after putting his stamp on it handed
over it to Muhammad Hanfia. He penned down therein: “This is
will of Hussain ibne Ali that there is no deity save Allah and
no one is His co-sharer, Muhammad is His servant and prophet who
brought the true religion from Him. And I bear witness that
heaven and hell are fact, Day of Judgment is reality, on that
day Allah will give life to all those who are in graves.”

After
elaborating his faith and ideology in this will, Imam Hussain
(peace be on him) narrated objectives of adopting the path of
martyrdom in this way: “I am leaving Medinah neither for
entertainment nor my aim is oppression but I am going so that to
correct ummah of my grandfather. And I desire to perform amar
bil ma’roof and nahi anil monkar and thus follow the seerat of
my respected grandfather and respect-worthy father Ali. Now if
anyone accepts my invitation considering it truth, he has
adopted the path of Allah, and if rejects my invitation I will
show patience until Allah will make a decision between me and
that people. And only Allah is the best decision-maker.” (Maqtal
Khoarzmi, vol 1, p 188, Maqtal Awalim p 54)

So to say that
Imam Hussain (peace be on him) had made clear to the world on
the very first day that if be’at is not demanded from me even
then I will not remain quiet because my opposition is not
limited to Yazid’s be’at but the actual thing is that Yazid is
doing oppression, barbarism and other social evils, making
changes into Islamic commandments rather he has started saying
on pulpit that

لعبت بني هاشم بالملك فلا خبر جاء
ولا وحي نزل

Bani Hashim committed deceit just to
achieve rule, neither angel came nor came any revelation.

In this way he
started defacing not only religion of Allah but Shariat-e-Mustafa
(peace be on him and his holy progeny), therefore Imam Aali
Maqam (peace be on him) made clear through his deed that

حلال محمد حلال إلى يوم القيامة و
حرام محمد حرام إلى يوم القيامة

Grandson of
Prophet (peace be on him and his holy progeny) Hussain ibne Ali
(peace be on them) departed Medinah Monawwara on Rajab 28, 60
AH, stepped in Makkah on Shaban 3, on Zulhijjah 8 changed hajj
into umrah, reached in Karbala on Muharram 2, 61 AH, water was
stopped on his army on Muharram 7 and on Muharram 10 he granted
honor to martyrdom along with his 72 near and dear ones. The
last words of his prayer which Imam (peace be on him) made at
his last moments were: O Allah make decision between us and
our people; they committed cheating to us, left alone to us,
broke his promise, murdered us while we are progeny of your
prophet, that Muhammad whom You chose for Your Risalat and made
trustful of Your Wahi. O Allah send victory and the path of
deliverance for us. O the most merciful! We are patient and
grateful in front of Your order. There is no deity save You. O
the Redresser of grievances of those who cry for help! There is
no God but You, I am enduring on Your order. O the Helper of him
who has no helper, O Who is Eternal, O the One Who gives life to
dead, O the One Who gives reward to everyone according to his
deeds! Make decision between me and that people. You are the
Best decision-maker. Then he prostrated and said:

The greatest
Hussaini objective was preaching of Tauhid, and defense and
protection of religious and Islamic values, human dignity and
the world of humanity.

Naqsh i Il-Lallah ber sehraa nawisht

Satr I unwaan nijaat ma nawisht

Philosophy of
Azadari is to keep the spirit of sacrifice alive. As there is
philosophy of prayer, fasting and hajj and they are worships
similarly Azadari of Syed ush Shuhada is worship. Bandagi
(service) demands obeying every commandment of Allah whether our
mind could access it or not because intellect could not reach to
it. Jumping of Khalil-Khuda in Pyre of Namrod was due to Ishq
(love) while intellect remained busy in seeing this. Poet of the
East says:

Sidq e Khalil bhi hai ishq sabr e Hussain bhi
hai ishq

Markah e wajoud main Badr o Honain bhi hai
ishq

In the war of
Ohad, one holy tooth of holy Prophet was martyred and the
faithful companion filled with ishq-e-Rasool Awais Qarni
martyred his 32 teeth.

Bay dard zamanah kya jaanay is ishq main kya
kya hota hai

Muharram ul
Haram gives us lesson that whenever sacrifice is demanded people
must inculcate spirit of martyrdom in their hearts. Crying and
shedding tears for Imam Aali Maqam (peace be on him) and meaning
of Azadari is participation in his boldness and courage, harmony
with Hussaini thought and conformity with desire of martyrdom
that aims that oppression could never raise head again so that
whole society could be stopped from walking on the footsteps of
oppressors. A poet says:

Kher o sharr bar sar e paykaar azal say hain
aziz

Yehi dastur badastur chala ata hai

That is why Poet of the East says:

Moosa o Fir’on Shabbir o Yazid

Een do quwwat az hayat ayad padeed

We are under
obligation to Imam e Mazloom (peace be on him) that every person
desires to be called ‘Hussaini’ and does not like to even utter
the name of ‘Yazid’. Josh says:

Haan ab bhi jo minara e azmat hai who Hussain

Jis ki nigah marg e adawat hai who Hussain

Jo Ab bhi mehwar e dars e muhabbat hai who
Hussain

Adam ki jo dall e sharafat hai who Hussain

Wahid jo ik namoona hai zibh e azeem ka

Allah ray intekhaab Khuda e Hakeem ka

Taqat si shay ko khak main jis say mila dea

Takhta ulat kay qasr e hakumat gira dea

Jis ne haw ape ro’b e amarat ura dea

Thokar se jis ne afsar e shahi ko dha dea

Jis ki waja say zulm siyah faam ho gaya

Naam e Yazid daakhil e dushnaam ho gya

The same
Hussain keeps place in every heart, every eye is shedding tear
for Hussain and every person is mourner of Hussain. Every human
being whether he belongs to any school of thought he joins
Hussaini mourning. This is the reason that Hussain is called
martyr of humanity. A Hindu poet says:

Teri dunya main ay khuda e Hussain

Mera koi naheen siwaye Hussain

Hindu Muslim ki koi Qed naheen

Dil e pur-dard main hai jaye Hussain

Today the
sacrifice of Imam Hussain (peace be on him) and his companions
is being commemorated in such a time when colonial powers in the
name of protecting human rights (that in fact is the biggest
enemy and traitor of humanity) is utilizing all its energy for
heinous conspiracies. Its dual standard has been revealed in
Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Wikileaks has
further disclosed its secrets. Colonial powers in fact are
afraid of Muslims’ spirit of martyrdom which is bestowed to them
by Karbala

Dars Karbala ka hai

Khof bas khuda ka hai

Hence, colonial
chief and its stooges desire to cool down this spirit of
sacrifice just for their interests and maintain supremacy, and
by using the weapon of biases are bent upon destructing peace of
Pakistan because its basic ideology is Islam and

Islam ke daman main is ke siwa kya hai

Ik zarb e yadullahi ik sajda e Shabbiri

Therefore,
every religion- and motherland-loving person is duty bound to
foil international conspiracy of New World Order being laced
with Quwwat e Haideri and Jazba e Shabbiri, thus tell the
Taqhooti world that we all are Hussaini and will jointly observe
Imam Hussain (peace be on him)’s mourning paying homage to the
imam (peace be on him) and condolence to holy Prophet (peace be
on him and his holy progeny).

I am announcing the
following Code of Azadari in connection with the upcoming
Muharram ul Haram so that we could thwart internal and external
conspiracies by acting upon it and thus could become successful
in the court of Allah and His Rasool (peace be on him and his
holy progeny):

Code of Azadari 1432 AH

1-Protection and defense of Basic Ideology should be
preferred on every level.

2-All schools of thought should be respected heartily and
no interference should be made in one another’s ideologies.

3-All schools of thought should highlight the objective of
martyrdom of Imam Hussain (peace be on him) preaching their
ideologies in a positive manner.

4- Ulema e karam, zakireen uzzam should give priority to
unity and harmony, and integrity of religion and motherland on
every echelon.

5-The powers that be should honor the May 21, 1985
Junejo-Moosavi agreement in connection with bringing out Azadari
processions. And no change should be made in Azadari programmes.

6-Muharram Azadari Cells should be set up at the Ministry
of Interior, Ministry of Religious Affairs, and in all the four
Provinces including Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas and should
be directed to keep a close contact with the Control Rooms of
Central and provincial Muharram Committees of Tehreek Nafaz
Fiqh-e-Jafariya.

7-No one should be permitted to take law in his hand.

8-Miscreants, terrorists and banned outfits should be dealt
with iron hands.

9-The organisers of Majalis should make protective measures
on self-help basis and remain fully alert.

10-The countrymen should keep a strict eye on enemies of
religion and motherland and beware of elements preaching hatred,
enmity and biases.

11-The government, opposition and media should eradicate
activities of enemies.

12- Leaders should suspend all types of political activities
during Ashra e Muharram and Azadaran should give priority to
Azadari over everything.

13- The media should highlight the great sacrifices of
Martyrs of Karbala in a positive and effective manner, and
avoiding ‘Munkiraat’ should suspend all types of music, drama,
sports and comedy programmes during the Ashra-e-Muharram.

14- Women should observe Azadari by following the seerat of
Mukhadderaat-e-Ismat and Taharat.

16- Discipline and timings should be followed during
Majalis-e-Aza and Matmi processions and the dignity and sanctity
of Azadari should be taken care of.

17- The organisers of Majalis-e-Aza are fully responsible to
follow the ‘Code of Azadari’ and also enforce it on others.

18- The powers that be should issue directives to follow
Code of Azadari from lower level to high level.

19-Banned outfits should never be included in inter-religion
and national peace committees, and verification should be got
from Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya for representation of
Maktab e Tashayyo in these committees.

In the end, I want to clear on all secular
powers that Azadari is our jugular vein which is an eternal
universal protest against Iblisis, emblem of honour of humanity
and guarantee of our deliverance. Neither we accepted any hurdle
in its way in any era and nor would allow anyone to create
obstacle therein even today. May Allah make us successful in the
court of Rasool (peace be on him and his holy progeny), his
Aal-i-Atahar (peace be on them) and pious Sahab kibar (may Allah
be leased with them), and keep Islamic world and motherland
Pakistan which is ‘Nemat-i-Uzma’ safe from evil of enemies.